HANNAH’S
IN BEHIND
THE SCENES
HANNAH Wood prefers to work
behind the scenes rather than in
the centre stage limelight.
The Darton teenager has been taking
part in set design workshops at the
Crucible theatre, Sheffield, and has
helped create an interactive installation for the theatre.
Hannah, 13, a pupil at Kettlethorpe
school, Sandal, relished the opportunity to get involved and has been working on the installation over the last few
weeks with an industry professional.
Mum, Kathryn Wood, of Round Hill,
said her daughter had enjoyed working
one-on-one with the set designer to create the installation, which is in the theatre's entrance foyer.
Hannah said: “It’s been really good to
do. We’ve made this big piece for the
theatre foyer that people can interact
with.
“It was more the fact that you design
it and then get to see it in real life that I
enjoyed. Usually you come up with
things in your head and never get to
see them done.

‘It was more the fact that
you design it and then get
to see it in real life that I
enjoyed. Usually you
come up with things in
your head and never get
to see them done’
“Set design is something I would like
to get into in the future, I’ve always
enjoyed designing things and art.
“I thought it would be a nice job to do
and I really like the theatre.”
Project manager for the workshops,
Emily Hutchinson, said the theatre has
a long-standing reputation for nurturing and supporting new, young talent.
As part of the workshop, Hannah has
been put forward for an art award and
hopes to win with her piece depicting
her ‘art hero’, Vincent Van Gogh.

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STAFF from fast food chain
McDonald’s are taking part in
a three-mile litter pick through
the borough.
The Trans-Pennine Trail in
Stairfoot, Dearne Valley Park
and land near Old Mill Lane
will be cleared in the threeday event.
Staff from restaurants in
Stairfoot, Old Mill Lane and
Cortonwood will be chipping
in along with Barnsley councillors on April 12. The effort
forms part of a 26-mile litterpick being held by 26
McDonald’s outlets across
Yorkshire and Lancashire with
each restaurant taking a mile
each.
Anyone interested in joining
the litter-pick should meet at
the Stairfoot McDonald’s in
Wombwell Lane at 9.30am on
April 12.

Slippery
customer:
Kenneth Cooper
and the snake
he found while
mowing the
lawn.

PENSIONER GETS
MOWER THAN HE
BARGAINED FOR
A PENSIONER in Low
Barugh got a nasty
sss-surprise when
cutting the grass – he
found a snake.
Kenneth Cooper, 86, of
Dearne Hall Road, decided to make the most of the
good weather and did a
few jobs in the garden.
As he was mowing the
lawn, something caught
his eye and Kenneth was
amazed to discover a teninch snake slithering
about around his feet.
“I’ve lived here for 30odd years and in all that
time I’ve been cutting the
grass I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.
“I’m not sure what it is
but it looks like a baby. If
it is a baby, that makes me
wonder where its mummy
and daddy are and how
big they are.”
He took the snake to a
vets on Huddersfield Road
where he was told it could

be a grass snake of some
kind and was advised to
get in touch with the
RSPCA.
He took it home in a
plastic box and the RSPCA
was contacted. An officer
looked at the slippery
creature and confirmed it
as a young corn snake
and took it away.
Kenneth added: “He said
it was harmless and that it
might be someone’s pet
because they’re not native
to this country.
“It could have been put
outside by the owner to
get some sunshine and a
bird has picked it up, or
it’s escaped.”
Corn snakes are quite
docile and are reluctant to
bite.
They subdue small prey,
like rats and mice, by constriction and can grow up
to six feet. Some pet corn
snakes can live to be 20
years old.

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earns
scouts
honour

Scout’s honour:
Darton scouts
Joe Heald and
Alex Bessell.

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Joe Heald,11, and Alex
Bessell, ten, attend the
Darton branch of the Cub
Scouts sessions and have
achieved the highest
award possible in their section – the Chief Scout’s silver award.
The lads have been busy
over the last few months,
working hard to complete
six challengebadges to
bag themselves the top
award.
Cub Scout leader, Sally
Andrews, said they have
been involved in lots of
activities, and have just
completed a community
challenge.
She said: “One activity
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“Alex also organised a
fund-raising event for
Barnsley Hospice, completing a one-mile sponsored
swim, raising a fantastic
£145.”
Sally said it was a great
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of the boys’ hard work.

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Aid offer to Old Town groups
COMMUNITY, voluntary and faith groups
in the Old Town ward can apply for up to
£2,500 in funding through a new community programme.
A total of £50,000 has been made available to the ward over four years as part of
Community First, a project funded by the
government.
Funding is available from £250 to the
£2,500 mark and is allocated on a matchfunding basis. Groups will need to make
an equal contribution to the project and
volunteer hours, cash goods and services

Owner appeal: These pictures are from an album found in a cellar.

are all taken into consideration.
A Community First Panel has been set up
for the ward and it is accepting application forms. Applications can include staging a local event, training volunteers or
help with sports teams.
The first deadline for applications is
April 19 at 11.59pm. This will be followed
by a second deadline on May 17 at
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PHOTO ALBUM FOUND IN CELLAR
AN ALBUM full of photographs
thought to date from the 1940s
to the 1980s has turned up in a
house clearance.
Donna Hart of Barnsley Social
Services found the album in a cellar
on Doncaster Road, between
Kendray and Stairfoot.
She said: “It’s absolutely full. I
couldn’t bring myself to throw it

away. It’s such a shame when it’s a
family’s memories. I just thought
someone might be able to identify
whose it is.”
Many of the older photographs are
from a wedding, which may have
been in the 1950s.
There are holiday snaps, and pictures of young children, as well as a
portrait of what looks like a First

World War soldier printed on a postcard with the message ‘To John,
from Harry’.
■ If you recognise the pictures,
email mike.cotton@barnsley-chronicle.co.uk or call 734290. If nobody
claims the album before the end of
May, it will be donated to the
Experience Barnsley Museum at the
town hall.

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Barnsley Libraries and
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COUNCIL BUYS
‘JET PATCHER’
FOR POTHOLES
BY MIKE COTTON
A HIGH-TECH machine for
repairing potholes nearly
ended up going to the Middle
East, but the manufacturer
was persuaded to send it to
Barnsley instead.

On air: Fiona Mason shows no nerves at the start of her show.

UCB Radio set to make waves
STUDENTS will be all ears when
a new radio show is launched.
UCB Radio will be pre-recorded and
streamed into speakers across the
University Campus Barnsley site later
this year.
The shows will also be available as
podcasts and could eventually go
live. The project is the brainchild of a
group of students who want to showcase the talents of popular music students at the university.
The Music and Radio Society has two
goals. The first is to provide more gigging opportunities for UCB musicians
and they have already started regular
music nights at the Walkabout bar,
with all-student line-ups covering a
range of styles from acoustic music to
heavy rock. The other is to provide

hour-long shows from a roster of presenters, which will play music, including recordings made by students.
The main instigators of the society
are Kathryn Martin-Cook, Fiona
Mason and Weronica Fermanska who
are all students involved in popular
music making. Second year student
Fiona, a singer, combines music and
promotion and is responsible for the
publicity side of the project.
The gigs at Walkabout are now wellestablished and Weronika, an accomplished pianist and singer-songwriter,
said they might be recorded and
replayed on the radio station.
Pilot shows are hoped to run after
Easter with a full launch of the station
in September.

The £92,000 ‘jet patcher’ will be
able to fix potholes faster, better and
cheaper than ever before, and can
repair 700 holes with one load of
tarmacadam.
It is due to go into service in June,
but only after some negotiation
from council officers.
Coun Roy Miller told a council
meeting: “Some Arabian sheikh has

been ordering them.
“We got told we could have ours in
18 months but John Graham from
Highways has managed to negotiate
with them and we’ll have it in June.
“We’ll probably be the only council
in the country to have one.”
The machine would have cost
more than £92,000 but has been
mounted to one of the council’s own
lorries.
It blasts the hole to clean it out,
seals it with bitumen and then fills
it, and another repair shouldn’t be
needed for many years.
Coun Brian Perrin said: “I welcome
this system.
“I think we’ve wasted a lot of

money. We’ve had men going out
with a lorry, chucking some tar in
and patting it down with a spade.
Within a few minutes it’s as bad as it
was before.
“It sounds like this is going to be
much better.”
Councillors suggested money
could be made by lending the
machine to other areas.
Highways boss Darren Richardson
said this was unlikely, and would
only happen on rare occasions.
He said: “We’re going to look after
Barnsley first. And it’s going to be
very busy.”

£3.5M BID TO IMPROVE CANNON HALL
A £3.5M funding application
will be made by Cannon Hall
Museum to restore the lakes
and carry out improvements
in the park and gardens.
The arts and museums team at
Barnsley Council is preparing the
application to the Heritage Lottery
Fund under its ‘parks and people’
programme.
It is anticipated the application
will be for about £3.5m and will lead
to the restoration of the lakes and
other key features such as the walled
garden, as well as creating paths
and learning programmes.
The application has to demon-

strate that the local community values the park as part of its heritage,
that it meets local social, economic
and environmental needs and park
management involves local people.
A spokesman for Barnsley Council
said: “We see the park and gardens
becoming even more special for people than they are now and for future
generations too.
“There will be new paths, our lakes
will be transformed and many of the
wonderful hidden features of the site
restored.
“If we’re successful those exploring
the park will be able to discover
much more about the inspiring stories of Cannon Hall, the surrounding

area, and the people who have lived
and worked here for centuries.”
The bid needs to be made by
February and if it’s successful it will
release funding to develop the project further with a view to submitting
the full bid the following summer.
The team would like to hear from
people who want to get involved and
a group, ‘Save our Lakes’, is being set
up to drive the project forward and
fundraise to contribute towards the
project.
To get involved contact the arts
and museums manager Lynn
Dunning on 772436.

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• Maintaining high standards of product quality,
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• Experience in a cell leader/team leader role
• Experience gained in heavy industry such as clay,
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SHAW LANE’S ‘AIR
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12 PLAYERS JOIN
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BARNSLEY CC will have several young Yorkshire stars in its
team next season after new
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Oldham – who played and
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Lane where he began his cricketing
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The first team bowling has been
strengthened by the arrival of
Graeme Wiles, an 18-year-old fast
bowler from Knaresborough who is
in the Yorkshire development programme.
He should form a formidable pace
attack with Yorkshire first teamer
Oliver Hannon-Dalby – who will
play for Barnsley when not needed
at Headingley – and Guyanan overseas player Ryan Hercules.
The club is also tying up a deal to
bring in another young bowler from

Excited: Richard Wilkinson.
Headingley in the next week and has
strengthened its batting with the
addition of experienced top order
man John Trower.
Barnsley will not have Azeem Rafiq
in its squad this season as the spinner will skipper the Yorkshire
Academy side when not needed by
the first team.
Zimbabwean batting star Gary
Ballance will play for Barnsley when
not needed by Yorkshire. But he is
expected to play regularly for the
white rose county and Wilkinson
says Barnsley will be ‘lucky to get one
game out of him.’
Oldham said: “The lads have got a
lot of ability so it is just about getting
them organised and working on
things like fielding and running
between the wickets.
“If we master those things then we

will take some beating.”
Wilkinson believes Oldham’s presence has been a big boost and that
there is a more professional attitude
at Shaw Lane.
“It has been a really positive move
to get Steve on board,” said
Wilkinson. “Myself and some of the
senior players were saying at the end
of last season that we needed to
bring in some new policies at the
club to get a bit more professional.
“We were already doing that
before Steve came in but he has certainly helped.
“We have improved our fitness,
club community and commitment to
training. We have also implemented
a more professional structure to
training sessions.
“Instead of just turning up for a
couple of hours of nets like we used
to, we spent weeks working on batting and bowling skills before we
even went into the nets.”
Second team captain Beardshall
has recruited Indian spin bowler
Kunal Razdan – who played for the
first team last season – as an overseas player and the seconds have
brought in 14-year-old left arm spinner Callum Bethel who is an exciting
prospect and may get some first
team games.
Barnsley’s first game of the season
will be on April 21 when they host
Harrogate.

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Done’s target is to help
pal Davies to 15 goals
BY MATTHEW MURRAY
MATTY Done says he wants to help
Barnsley team-mate Craig Davies hit
15 goals for the season.
Done, who has been one of
Barnsley’s best players in recent
weeks, is enjoying a run in the side
having started the last six games.
But helping Reds’ colleague Davies,
who has netted 11 times since joining
from Chesterfield in the summer, is
Done’s aim for the remaining seven
gams.
He said: “My target is to score and
create more goals.
“I want to get six or seven for myself

for the season and I want to help Craig
Davies get more goals.
“Craig has been terrific for his first
season in the Championship but I
want to see him get to 15 and hope I
can help him along the way.”
Ricardo Vaz Te – who left for West
Ham in January – is currently
Barnsley’s top-scorer this season with
12 goals but manager Keith Hill has
backed Davies to pass that.
“I think he will get 15 this season
and hopefully even more than that
next season,” said Hill.
“Andy Gray should finish on nine or
ten and Matty Done should get about
seven.”

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Sean with Silkstone
captain Beau Senior.

SEAN IS TOP DOG
SEAN Goldthorpe became
one of the youngest
winners of the prestigious
Top Dog winter
competition at Silkstone
Golf Club.
The 19-year-old took the
title with ease and was
given the trophy by new
gents’ captain Beau Senior.